Marie Holmes Broussard hugs her dog, Chalie, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, as she watches Galveston firefighters battle a blaze at her home in the 1800 block of Avenue K. The home has been in her family since it was built in the late 1800s, she said. “Grandmother remembered rolling up the rug for dances,” she said. Broussard, who was home at the time the fire broke out, was alerted that something was wrong by her poodle.

Marie Holmes Broussard hugs her dog, Chalie, on Wednesday, March 7, 2018, as she watches Galveston firefighters battle a blaze at her home in the 1800 block of Avenue K. The home has been in her family since it was built in the late 1800s, she said. “Grandmother remembered rolling up the rug for dances,” she said. Broussard, who was home at the time the fire broke out, was alerted that something was wrong by her poodle.

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